The latest news about Ana!

Ana remains at No.21 in the latest Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings, which are published today. Her position in the Porsche Race slips three places to No.23, while her doubles ranking drops four places to No.89.

Few of the top players were in action last week, so the top 25 is relatively unchanged.

Ana is happy that this year’s French Open begins a day earlier. For the first time ever, the Grand Slam begins on a Sunday at Roland Garros. By adding an extra day of play during the weekend, the tournament will benefit from bigger crowds and television viewers.

Ana has been drawn to play Samantha Stosur in the first round of Roland Garros. It will be Ana's second successive Grand Slam match against the Australian.

It is an extremely difficult draw for Ana: she is scheduled to meet former champion Anastasia Myskina in the third round, while last year's winner and favourite Justine Henin-Hardenne is a possible fourth round opponent.

Ana played Stosur in her last Grand Slam match in January's Australian Open. The 22-year-old, who was a finalist on the clay of Prague a fortnight ago, beat her 6-3, 7-5.

With the French Open just four days away, we take a look at the credentials of all 32 women’s seeds. Please note that any opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and are entirely independent of Ana

We begin our countdown to the 2006 French Open, which begins on Sunday, by looking at how Ana fared in last year’s competition

Round one – beat Stephanie Foretz 6-3, 6-3
Ana began Roland Garros 2005, only her second ever grand slam tournament, as the world No.31. Despite being so inexperienced at the highest level, the 17-year-old thrashed Frenchwoman Foretz in a polished display of power tennis. Ana hit 21 winners and broke her opponent six times as she eased into the second round.

Ana has fallen one place in the latest Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings, which are published today. The drop is due to Martina Hingis’ victory in the Internazionali d’Italia in Rome, which vaults the Swiss into the world’s top 20.

Ana was inactive last week due to the thigh injury she sustained in Berlin a fortnight ago. Consequently, she also moves down one place to No.20 in the Porsche Race. Her doubles ranking stays at No.85.

drum: Ana, you're so beautiful ! Can you still live a normal life at home, with school, boyfriends and such things?
Ana: Hi! Thank you very much for the compliment! Things have changed because I get recognized a lot when I go out in Belgrade but I try and live like I used to. I have the same friends and do the same things. I don’t think I’m a big star or anything like that. I am just Ana. Regards, Ana.

Ana is one of a dozen players currently starring in the “Get Closer to the Tour” television feature, a joint Sony Ericsson/Eurosport series of ‘vignettes’.

The aim of the programmes is to give viewers greater insight into the personalities of their favourite players. The series is divided into four themes: ‘The Real Me’, ‘Inspiration and Performance’, ‘My Tour and Travelling’ and ‘Hobbies and Interests’.

Ana has finished second in the ACE Hot List, the annual rundown of the world’s sexiest tennis players. In an extremely close poll, Ana was runner-up to Maria Sharapova.

In order to decide the top 10s, ACE Tennis magazine, Britain’s biggest selling tennis magazine, invited fans to vote for their ten favourite players online. Ten points were awarded for a first place selection, nine points for a second place choice, and so forth down to one point for a tenth place ranking.

Vic: Ana, which City in Australia is better? Sydney or Melbourne? In all, when you were 5 yrs old, how many times did you beg your parents to take you to a local tennis school?
Ana: Hi Vic! My favourite city in Australia is Melbourne. The second question is funny! I don’t know how many times but I think it was probably for about one month! Regards, Ana.

Terry Voss: Would you consider yourself more of: Power player, Technician, or Defense oriented?